Tie-holder.



W.-;r. ROSBOROUGHL TIE HOLDER.

A-PPLIGATION FILED MAR. 20, 1908.

I Patented Oct. 13,1908. h

mamas WILLIAM J. ROSBOBOUGH, NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIE-HOLDE R.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed March 20, 1908. Serial No. 422,348.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. ROSBOR- OUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in: Tie-Holders, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a holder for railroadcross-ties while spiking the rails thereto. 7

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice which is adapted to span the rail and to grip the tie on theunder side thereof in such a way that one person may properly hold thetie to the rail while the latter is being spiked; and to provide meanswhereby the holder may be made adjustable to adapt the device fordifferent sizes of rails and cross-ties.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and efficientmeanswhereby a heel may be adjustably and rigidly held to the holder.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be hereinaftermoreparticularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of the specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of deviceembodying my invention, showing the application of the same to a railand cross-tie. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation, partly insection, showing the adjustable heel and means for securing the same invarious positions. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, partly in elevation,taken on a line III-III of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary frontelevation of the forked end of the device.

The device has the prongs 10 and 11 whichare adapted to span. therailroad rail 12, and said prongs form a forked end 18 and are eachprovided with angularly disposed ends 14: of a length sufficient toextend about midway or slightly beyond the center of the cross-tie 15,so that when the pressure is brought to bear on the forked end 10, theends 14 will hold the tie and rail in their proper relative positionsfor spiking. A handle 16 projects at an angle to the forked end 13 andsaid handle may be integral with forked end or the prongs 10 and 11 maybemade separate and fastened thereto as desired, and said the rail. Theheel 18 is handlelG has its outer end 17 so formed that will be in asubstantially horizontal position while in use and forcing the tie andrail together.

To make the device adjustable and suitable for different weights andsizes of rails and also different sizes of cross-ties 15, I provide aheel or member 18. This heel or member 18 is held to the handle adjacentto the forked end 13 and is substantially triangular in shape and hasits edge 19 adapted to rest snugly against the under surface of thehandle 16 and is provided with a part 20 which is adapted to rest on theupper surface of provided with projections or teats 21 which enterrecesses 22 in the handle, the said recesses being of any desired numberaccording to the adjustment to be given to the heel 18.

A link 23 is held to the heel 18 on each side thereof by means of a boltor rivet 24, and the upper end of said links are provided with openingsthrough which a bolt 25 is adapted to be inserted. This bolt is providedwith a rectangular body portion 26 which may. be slightly tapered and isproivided with a screw-threaded end 27 on which is a nut 28. The bodyportion 26 is adapted to engage a beveled portion 29 of the handle 16 sothat by removing the bolt the heel 18 may be removed, and on replacingthe heel and the bolt and tightening the nut 28, the tapering bodyportion 26 by engaging the beveled portion 29 will force the heel 18snugly against the under surface of the handle 16 and will rigidly holdthe same to said handle. By this means the heel may be made adjustableand the device is thereby adapted for use in connection with thedifferent sizes of rails and different sizes of cross-ties.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and efficient device isprovided in which the cross-tie may be properly held to the rail fromone side only thus avoiding thenecessity of requiring a holder or otherdevice on each side thereof and the employment of additional help fordifferent devices; that simple means are provided for adjusting thedevice in such a way as to secure the proper purchase for the handlewhile using the device and the said device may be cheaply made andis'adapted for use in connection with different sizes of rails andcross-ties.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a handle, a forkedend having prongs angularly disposed with respect to the handle andprovided with ends formed at an angle to the prongs and adapted toengage the under side of the tie, an adjustable heel secured to thehandle, and means for adjusting the heel along the handle.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a handle, a forkedend having prongs provided with ends formed at an angle to the prongsand adapted to engage the underside of the tie, an adjustable heelsecured to the handle adjacent to the forked end and means for adjustingthe heel along the handle.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handleand a forked end adapted to engage a rail tie, of a substantiallytriangular heel having projecti ons or teats thereon, said handle havingrecesses for the teats along the under side thereof and provided with abevel upper part, links secured to the opposite sides of the heel andhaving openings at the upper end thereof, a bolt having a tapering bodyportion adapted to engage the bevel part of the handle, and a nut forengaging the bolt for locking the heel adjustably to the handle.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handleand a forked end having prongs adapted to engage a rail tie of a heelhaving teats thereon, said handle having recesses for the teats alongthe under side thereof, links secured to the opposite sides of the heeland having openings at the upper end thereof, and a bolt for locking theheel adjustably to the handle.

5. In a device of the character described. the combination with a handlehaving two prongs adapted to engage a railv tie, of a substantiallytriangular heel having teats,

thereon said handle having recesses for the teats along the under sidethereof, links secured to the opposite sides of the heel and havingopenings at the upper end thereof, anda bolt having a tapering bodyportion adapted. to engage the handle for locking the heel adjustably tothe handle.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handleand a forked end having prongs adapted to engage the rail tie, of asubstantially triangular heel having teats thereon said handle havingrecesses for the teats along the under side thereof and provided with abevel upper part, links secured to the opposite sides of the heel andhaving openings at the upper end thereof, a bolt adapted. to engage thebevel part of the handle, and a nut on the bolt for locking the heeladjustably to the handle.

This specification signed and witnessed this nineteenth day of March A.l). 1908.

VVILL'IAM J. ROSBOROUGII.

lVitnesses M. TURNER, H. LINEHAN.

